Chapter 162DAHLIA“When did you figure that out?” Gilbert asked.My fingers clung onto Ivana's.“Who the hell are you?” I asked, getting all defensive.A once fearless Ivana suddenly recoiled, took several steps back and went to hide behind my back.Times like this were times when I needed my husband, when I needed Ronan to come barging in like my superhero like the superhero he has always been to me. But sadly he wasn't here and I had to stand up for myself, to defend the trembling Ivana before me. I have seen the worst of life. This was nothing, I told myself.“You two should go take a seat,” Gilbert calmly stated, pointing at the seats we had risen from earlier.Ivana and I shook our heads.“Unlock the door, we'd like to leave,” I firmly stated.“And you think you'll be safe when you go out there?” He glared at me, looking so pissed.“And you think we'd feel safe staying in here with a stranger posing to be someone else? Look, one of your contact lenses fell off earlier…” I dug my
Chapter 161DAHLIA Sitting and reading various articles Sheila had uploaded. Articles that exposed the Knights family, articles that bore evidence of Francis' ruthlessness.“I can't understand how she managed to put something like this on the internet. Does it really mean no one has seen this yet or. There is something fishy about this…” I mumbled, looking at Gilbert and Ivana but their attention were on the screen, I wasn't even sure they heard me.“Since we have this, why not quickly involve the police?” I asked yet again.This time, they both looked at me at the same time, like I had lost my mind.“Stop mentioning the police, Dahlia. They'll never do anything to Francis. He has them all wrapped around his fingers. You should know that by now,” Ivana wasted no time shutting me up.But the more time we spent looking at the website, more time we spent waiting for Ronan and the others to somehow find us despite them not knowing this place or knowing a thing about it, the more worried
Chapter 160RONANI was pissed, mad and wanted nothing more than to rip off these restraints and tear my grandfather apart, but I couldn't. I just couldn't, for Dahlia's sake, I held back but that couldn't be said for Brandon, he looked mad, pissed and most especially dangerous, nothing like the guy I know.The way he stared at my grandfather like he was ready to tear him apart, I could see he was shaken. He took steps back, eyes of Brandon, slowly backing away even though Brandon was literally tied to the seat.“Listen to me, Francis Knight. You'll do no such thing. Go an inch close to my sisters, I dare you Francis….” His eyes literally blazed as he stared at my grandfather.“You're restrained, young man, you can't even get out of that seat let alone bring any harm to me. You should be thankful I haven't killed you yet,” my old man tried to mask his fear, speaking to Brandon from a distance.“You say that, but you stand so far away. Come closer, Francis. Come close to me and spout y
Chapter 159 RONAN My grandfather tightened his frail hands around my neck. Exerting force and trying to get me to plead for my life but I held on. After all, his hands were almost too frail for me to feel the tension around my neck. Him choking me felt like I was choking on water. I looked up at him, my lips pulling up into a small smile. “You should put more effort if you're trying to end my life, grandfather.” “You!” My words pissed him off badly. He untangled his fingers around my neck and punched my face. It only made me smile. “All these years, you stayed right next to me under the guise of being the only family that cares about me, while you wreck me behind the scenes. You've done enough old man. I'd suggest you surrender yourself to the police because if I accidentally get off this seat, you'd find yourself being cremated,” I didn't bat an eyelid, telling him this. He didn't seem a bit shaken by my words. “I raised you Ronan, taught you everything you know. And if
Chapter 158 DAHLIA “Looks like we hit the jackpot,” Gilbert laughed. I could only roll my eyes. No family will ever have incriminating videos against them compiled and uploaded on the internet, especially a family member. Because clearly, the article read it had been published by Sheila Knight. Seeing how she was the writer, I doubted the videos held anything that could be used against them. Having known her, I've come to understand that she likes the power that comes with being a Knight. I mean she literally made my life a living hell just because she can and I didn't expect any better from her. “I'll go sit with Ivana. I doubt wasting time on this will make any difference,” I mumbled. But Gilbert held me back. “The title suggests otherwise,” he said. “Sheila is Ronan’s step mom. A woman whose head is filled with nothing but wickedness. You think she'll reveal the secret of the family, knowing it will put her in jeopardy, knowing it would take the power she had over others from
Chapter 157DAHLIAIvana, Gilbert and I each took our seats in the living room, no one saying a single word.The current situation was something none of us expected, it was above every single one of us. And worse, we had to wait for the guys to get to safety before we reached out, before we alerted them to the kind of enemy we were up against and worse, we couldn't even call them on phone or something, couldn't contact the police and could only wait.Gilbert's eyes were fixed on the tablet. He was watching all of Kennedy's moves. Monitoring every part of the house. Ivana and I were doing that with him earlier but it got so draining that left him to that.“Kennedy just found your IDs. He has figured out that you two are twins,” he updated us.But at this point, we didn't really care. “Good,” Ivana mumbled out loud.Gilbert's gaze went in her direction.“He could use this to his advantage. And you're saying good?” He asked, looking tense.“It doesn't matter, Gilbert. Did you think we'd